Archive for: September, 2014

Slowdown in Latin America threatens rise of the middle class

latin american countries

Most Latin Americans have entered the middle class in the last decade remain vulnerable. According to the United Nations Program for Development (UNDP), although 56 million Latin Americans have moved out of poverty between 2000 and 2012, about 200 million, a third of the total population, could again be poor in case of crisis. The […]

British Parliament supports intervention of its forces in Iraq

iraq-violence

The House of Commons yesterday supported by a large majority (524 votes in favor and 43 against) the air British intervention in Iraq. The six hours of debate that preceded the vote were presided over by the ghost of the invasion of Iraq in 2003, which broke the British public and the political class. “We’re […]

HRW accuses Uzbek government of “torture” of political prisoners

uzbekistan

Political prisoners in Uzbekistan suffer ” torture ” and living in ” appalling ” conditions, according to a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW). Reported abuses are simulations of suffocation with plastic bags and gas masks; sexual assault and use of electroshock. The NGO requires the Government “the immediate and unconditional release” of prisoners. The […]

74 students arrested during protests in Hong Kong

students arrested in hong kong

At least 74 protesters were arrested today in Hong Kong, after the conclusion of this morning one week student strike to demand more democracy in the coming local elections that caused clashes between police and youths occupied the square in front of the headquarters of Local Government. Joshua Wong, 17 and one of the strike […]

Fatah and Hamas announced that Palestinian Authority will control Gaza

Palestine

The Palestinian Fatah and Hamas factions, which respectively control the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, agreed Thursday that the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) rule in Gaza ” immediately”. As stated at various agencies negotiators of both groups in Cairo, the Islamist Hamas support the PA President and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas, which aims to […]

Pakistanis will celebrate Eid on Monday October 6

moon

Nothing new for most of the Pakistanis as there will be two Eid celebration in Pakistan depending on the location where you are residing. Chairman Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman, announced today that the new moon of Zil Hajj was not observed in any part of the country and Eid al-Adha will be celebrated on […]

India successfully puts spacecraft in Mars orbit

indian space mission to mars

India has successfully placed Wednesday the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), known as Mangalyaan in Mars orbit, as reported by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). India thus became the first Asian nation to get successfully to the red planet failed -Japan in 1998 and China in 2011 and the fourth space power to do so, […]

China imprison prominent Uyghur scholar for life

Ilham Tohti

Life imprisonment and confiscation of all his property. This is the statement that a Chinese court has imposed for “encouraging separatism ” Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti, 44 years and a very moderate line defender of the rights of their ethnicity. With this conviction, harder than in years China has imposed an activist against the central […]

United States and a coalition of Arab countries attack Islamic state in Syria

iraq-violence

United States and several allies have launched the first air strikes against Syrian positions on jihadist group Islamic State, specifically on Raqa province, a stronghold of the jihadists facto, on the border with Iraq, the Pentagon has confirmed. ” Forces of the United States and allied nations have begun attacks on EI in Syria using […]

People will throw Nawaz Sharif in dustbin, Dr. Qadri

Dr Tahirul Qadri

Dr Tahirul Qadri told his supporters in Islamabad that if Nawaz Sharif does not resign as Prime Minister of Pakistan then people will kick him out and throw in the dustbin. He further said that soon Nawaz Sharif will be hanged in the murder cases registered against him. Pakistan Awami party leader claimed that sit-in […]

British politicians pledge power devolution for Scotland to stay united

scotish independence

Prime Minister of UK, David Cameron, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg and Labour leader Ed Miliband, have pledged to devolve powers to Scotland, if finally imposed the ‘no’ in the referendum on the independence of this territory to be held next Thursday. The leaders of the different parties have put aside their differences to promise […]

Dr Tahirul Qadri orders his supporters to break legs of policemen

tahirul Qadri revolution march

Dr Tahirul Qadri has reportedly told his supporters to break legs of any policeman who tries to enter the sit-in area in Islamabad during a speech on Saturday September 13, 2014. Dr Qadri has threatened with a bloody revolution in Pakistan. Dr Tahirul Qadri, a Canadian citizen and based in Canada, has ordered his party […]

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